The Beloved' from Rodrigo Sorogoyen marks Javier Bardem's fourth film in competition in Cannes and sixth to premiere at the festival

Let’s get the somewhat silly, broadly true yet also ultimately surface-level point of comparison out of the way first: if “Sentimental Value” had a chaotic evil twin, it would be Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s fraught family drama and meta film production parable mashup “The Beloved.

El Ser Querido (The Beloved) starring Oscar winner Javier Bardem got a rousing ovation in at its Cannes premiere. Applause in the Grand Theatre Lumiere for the film went on for seven minutes. Bardem hugged his castmates and director after the screening.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen's "The Beloved" ("El ser querido"), which world premieres in Cannes competition on May 16, begins in a plush Madrid restaurant. The scene lasts 20 minutes. In it, a world-famous film director,

Victoria Luengo co-stars in the latest feature from Spanish director Rodrigo Sorogoyen ('The Beasts'), who chronicles a movie shoot that flies off the rails.

"The Beloved," unlike "Sentimental Value," really is one of those movies about the making of a movie, like "Day for Night" or "The Stunt Man." It’s a meaty and enjoyable entry in the genre, one that

Cannes regular Javier Bardem was the toast of the Palais on Saturday as “The Beloved” had its world premiere in competition and received a 7-minute ovation. A beaming Bardem went up and down the line of the film's cast,

"The Beloved," unlike "Sentimental Value," really is one of those movies about the making of a movie, like "Day for Night" or "The Stunt Man." It's a meaty and enjoyable entry in the genre, one that updates it to the present day,